YEP Reaction: Leeds United 2-0 Sheffield United

Yorkshire Evening Post

Leeds United reporter Lee Sobot reacts to the 2-0 win over Sheffield United at Elland Road

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00:00Hello there, Lee Sobot at the Yorkshire Evening Post here from Ellen Road. A fantastic evening

00:07for Leeds United this evening as they recorded a 2-0 victory against previously unbeaten

00:12Sheffield United. We're having the press conferences as I speak now and Chris Wilder being very

00:17very complimentary about Leeds and how they did this evening and you can see why. A fantastic

00:23performance from them this evening really. Goalless at the break and really should have

00:28been ahead already at that point. Missed lots and lots of chances. Just a really good

00:32performance especially when you consider that this was the first game back after the international

00:35break when obviously they've had so many players away. People like Brendan Aronson coming back

00:39especially late and I think a lot of people thought maybe this might be a bit too much

00:43to start him in this game but straight away he was in the side, lots of energy throughout

00:48the game. Very very good performance from him. His finishing wasn't the best though,

00:52he was one of those ones who missed a couple of chances and as I say, goalless at the break

00:56when Leeds could have easily been a couple of goals to the good. Larger Ramazani looked

01:01very very lively in the first half. He's a very very good player, there's no doubt about

01:04that. Obviously got big boots to fill in terms of who he's coming in for but he looks like

01:10a special player to me. One great save from the Blades keeper to tip his shot wide and

01:16another one which shaved the outside of the post was shot from a very very tight angle

01:20and there was other chances as well. Sheffield United actually started pretty well, very

01:24physical sides. Obviously they're going to be a good team, they're unbeaten. They've

01:28moved to second favourites for the league before this evening's game so you had your

01:31title favourites versus second favourites and they did start pretty well but Leeds weathered

01:37the storm if you can call it a storm and gradually turned the screw. As I said they should have

01:40been in front at half-time but they weren't, it was still goalless. And then absolute scenes

01:45when the first goal went in because how many times have we talked about Leeds not scoring

01:48from corners etc etc. Daniel Farke obviously getting asked about it more and more at press

01:52conferences and he sort of said the other week you know we're working on it and we feel

01:56like it's getting close. That was like about two or three games ago he said that and it

01:59didn't really look like it was getting that close to be quite honest but it all came good

02:03here this evening just after a double substitution as Leeds waited to take a corner. Joe Rothwell

02:08with the delivery and Graeme Smith our chief reporter gave him a 9 out of 10 as player

02:12of the match star man and I can see why he was superb in centre midfield. Rothwell's

02:17delivery, a low delivery and you sort of thought well what's that going to come to and there

02:20was Pascal Stroik arriving on the scene with a real vicious finish into the corner, a keeper

02:25no chance and this place went absolutely wild, lots of songs about scoring from a corner

02:29and what not and really nice moment to be honest. So that was 1-0 and you know I mean

02:33Chef United tried to respond, they'd actually gone reasonably close before that but I mean

02:38Leeds kind of saw it out reasonably comfortably really to be honest and it looked very much

02:42like one goal would be enough and then the second goal Matteo Josef obviously fresh from

02:47a hat-trick in midweek with Spain under 21s, sort of like yet to really get going in terms

02:53of Leeds goal scoring as a sort of you know well was first choice number nine I suppose

02:56until Joel Peru came in and started again this evening but he came on late doors and

03:01was played through by Peru, precise through ball and a fantastic finish from Matteo Josef

03:05you know pretty clinical bursting into the box and tucking that one away and that was

03:09that and that's when you knew you know that Leeds were definitely going to win the game

03:12because at 1-0 you never quite know you can have a sting in the tail and injury time or

03:16whatever as we saw at Sunderland and the less said about that one the better so I mean

03:22that's two points that Leeds should have had at Sunderland which they didn't when that

03:25turned into a draw, there's other games as well that that's been the case in, the Portsmouth

03:30opener is one that definitely springs to mind, the Burnley game you could say possibly as

03:34well so you know they've got a decent haul as it is but they obviously should have had

03:37more points than they've got but the fact is is that victory took them second into the

03:41automatic promotion places obviously that's before the rest of this weekend's games but

03:46I think it's more than just like the points tonight it's the performance I feel you know

03:51the way they played and against the Sheff United side who they're going to be there

03:55thereabouts I'm sure of that I mean you know you look through their team when they're lined

03:59up tonight their team and the bench come very very good players, very experienced manager

04:03in Chris Wilder as well and it'd be a massive shock if they're not there thereabouts you

04:06know definitely top six if not top two and Leeds brushed them aside you know pretty

04:13readily really in the end you've got to say good value you know for the 2-0 win so it's

04:18looking good they were you know they were hot favourites obviously for the league before

04:21this evening I don't know like you know how many people would agree with that in terms

04:25of how far clear they are on the betting market but on that performance you can see why and

04:28I can see you know straight after the quick look and already like as short as even money

04:33now for the title so we'll wait and see what the rest of this weekend's games bring obviously

04:38Leeds back in action here again against Watford next week on the Tuesday night so you know

04:43if we can get six points out of six from these two games that'll be a fantastic start on

04:47the way back from the international break but it's looking good I think obviously with

04:50the themes you can look at they can definitely obviously be more clinical as I say they should

04:54have been in front at half time and you sort of wonder whether that would come back and

04:58bite them again as it has done so many times not just this season but in previous seasons

05:01as well and you wondered if Sheffield United would you know go and sort of nick a 1-0 or

05:05something and yeah there was a spell in the second half they looked like they could have

05:08done that but they could definitely obviously be more clinical but they played some nice

05:12football tonight the defence were really good as well so yeah and everybody was very very

05:16happy you know wild scenes here the crowd very very happy as well indeed so it's looking

05:20good fantastic night for this evening as it's finished Leeds United 2 Sheffield United 0

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